6401.0 - Consumer Price Index, Australia, Mar 2008 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 23/04/2008   
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1 ALL GROUPS, Index numbers(a)
Period
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Adelaide
Perth
Hobart
Darwin
Canberra
Weighted
average
of eight
capital
cities
2003-04
144.1
142.8
144.8
147.0
139.6
142.6
138.7
143.4
143.5
2004-05
147.7
145.7
148.5
150.4
144.0
147.1
141.8
146.7
147.0
2005-06
152.1
150.2
153.2
155.2
150.1
151.8
146.5
151.9
151.7
2006-07
156.2
154.2
158.3
159.2
156.1
155.7
152.9
156.4
156.1
2004
March
145.0
143.5
145.4
147.7
139.6
143.0
139.0
143.9
144.1
June
145.5
143.9
146.3
148.6
141.0
144.3
139.6
144.8
144.8
September
146.2
144.2
146.8
149.0
142.0
145.0
140.8
145.5
145.4
December
147.3
145.3
148.0
150.0
143.3
146.7
141.1
146.3
146.5
2005
March
148.2
146.4
149.2
150.9
144.4
148.0
141.9
147.0
147.5
June
149.0
146.9
150.0
151.8
146.3
148.8
143.2
147.8
148.4
September
150.5
148.6
150.9
153.4
147.8
150.1
144.7
149.7
149.8
December
151.0
149.2
152.1
154.1
149.0
151.0
145.4
150.9
150.6
2006
March
152.2
150.5
153.5
155.6
150.5
152.2
146.7
152.2
151.9
June
154.7
152.6
156.2
157.6
153.2
154.0
149.2
154.9
154.3
September
156.1
153.7
157.5
159.3
154.9
155.1
151.8
156.0
155.7
December
155.8
153.5
157.3
158.8
155.5
154.7
152.6
155.6
155.5
2007
March
155.6
153.8
158.0
158.4
155.8
155.4
152.6
155.9
155.6
June
157.4
155.6
160.2
160.3
158.0
157.4
154.7
158.0
157.5
September
158.1
156.9
161.7
161.5
158.9
157.9
156.6
159.2
158.6
December
159.5
158.5
163.4
163.1
160.2
159.2
157.1
160.8
160.1
2008
March
161.7
160.6
165.6
165.5
162.5
161.3
158.5
163.0
162.2
(a) Base of each index: 1989-90 = 100.0.

2 ALL GROUPS, Percentage changes
Period
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Adelaide
Perth
Hobart
Darwin
Canberra
Weighted
average
of eight
capital
cities
Percentage change (from previous financial year)
2003-04
2.1
2.2
2.9
3.0
2.0
2.5
1.4
2.6
2.4
2004-05
2.5
2.0
2.6
2.3
3.2
3.2
2.2
2.3
2.4
2005-06
3.0
3.1
3.2
3.2
4.2
3.2
3.3
3.5
3.2
2006-07
2.7
2.7
3.3
2.6
4.0
2.6
4.4
3.0
2.9
Percentage change (from corresponding quarter of previous year)
2004
March
2.0
1.8
2.5
2.1
1.6
2.1
1.1
2.3
2.0
June
2.3
2.1
3.2
3.0
2.6
2.5
1.2
2.9
2.5
September
2.7
1.7
2.4
2.5
2.5
2.8
2.2
2.5
2.3
December
2.6
2.3
2.6
2.6
2.9
3.3
1.9
2.4
2.6
2005
March
2.2
2.0
2.6
2.2
3.4
3.5
2.1
2.2
2.4
June
2.4
2.1
2.5
2.2
3.8
3.1
2.6
2.1
2.5
September
2.9
3.1
2.8
3.0
4.1
3.5
2.8
2.9
3.0
December
2.5
2.7
2.8
2.7
4.0
2.9
3.0
3.1
2.8
2006
March
2.7
2.8
2.9
3.1
4.2
2.8
3.4
3.5
3.0
June
3.8
3.9
4.1
3.8
4.7
3.5
4.2
4.8
4.0
September
3.7
3.4
4.4
3.8
4.8
3.3
4.9
4.2
3.9
December
3.2
2.9
3.4
3.0
4.4
2.5
5.0
3.1
3.3
2007
March
2.2
2.2
2.9
1.8
3.5
2.1
4.0
2.4
2.4
June
1.7
2.0
2.6
1.7
3.1
2.2
3.7
2.0
2.1
September
1.3
2.1
2.7
1.4
2.6
1.8
3.2
2.1
1.9
December
2.4
3.3
3.9
2.7
3.0
2.9
2.9
3.3
3.0
2008
March
3.9
4.4
4.8
4.5
4.3
3.8
3.9
4.6
4.2
Percentage change (from previous quarter)
2004
March
1.0
1.0
0.8
1.0
0.3
0.7
0.4
0.7
0.9
June
0.3
0.3
0.6
0.6
1.0
0.9
0.4
0.6
0.5
September
0.5
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.7
0.5
0.9
0.5
0.4
December
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.9
1.2
0.2
0.5
0.8
2005
March
0.6
0.8
0.8
0.6
0.8
0.9
0.6
0.5
0.7
June
0.5
0.3
0.5
0.6
1.3
0.5
0.9
0.5
0.6
September
1.0
1.2
0.6
1.1
1.0
0.9
1.0
1.3
0.9
December
0.3
0.4
0.8
0.5
0.8
0.6
0.5
0.8
0.5
2006
March
0.8
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.0
0.8
0.9
0.9
0.9
June
1.6
1.4
1.8
1.3
1.8
1.2
1.7
1.8
1.6
September
0.9
0.7
0.8
1.1
1.1
0.7
1.7
0.7
0.9
December
-0.2
-0.1
-0.1
-0.3
0.4
-0.3
0.5
-0.3
-0.1
2007
March
-0.1
0.2
0.4
-0.3
0.2
0.5
0.0
0.2
0.1
June
1.2
1.2
1.4
1.2
1.4
1.3
1.4
1.3
1.2
September
0.4
0.8
0.9
0.7
0.6
0.3
1.2
0.8
0.7
December
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.0
0.8
0.8
0.3
1.0
0.9
2008
March
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.5
1.4
1.3
0.9
1.4
1.3

3 LONGER TERM SERIES, CPI All Groups, Weighted Average of Eight Capital Cities : Index Numbers(a)
Quarter ending
Year
31 March
30 June
30 September
31 December
1985
68.1
69.7
71.3
72.7
1986
74.4
75.6
77.6
79.8
1987
81.4
82.6
84.0
85.5
1988
87.0
88.5
90.2
92.0
1989
92.9
95.2
97.4
99.2
1990
100.9
102.5
103.3
106.0
1991
105.8
106.0
106.6
107.6
1992
107.6
107.3
107.4
107.9
1993
108.9
109.3
109.8
110.0
1994
110.4
111.2
111.9
112.8
1995
114.7
116.2
117.6
118.5
1996
119.0
119.8
120.1
120.3
1997
120.5
120.2
119.7
120.0
1998
120.3
121.0
121.3
121.9
1999
121.8
122.3
123.4
124.1
2000
125.2
126.2
130.9
131.3
2001
132.7
133.8
134.2
135.4
2002
136.6
137.6
138.5
139.5
2003
141.3
141.3
142.1
142.8
2004
144.1
144.8
145.4
146.5
2005
147.5
148.4
149.8
150.6
2006
151.9
154.3
155.7
155.5
2007
155.6
157.5
158.6
160.1
2008
162.2
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(a) Base of each index:1989-90 = 100.0